Daniel



l To all it may concern l others skilled in catches.

a suitable number` of hoppers or seed-boxes, 5E.

DANIELE Terr., ornsw snnronn, M;AssnCH'UfSiETTs.v

new# Pam: No. 83,338, dem ocmw 2o,

f'l refezzedta in these Letters`-Patent and g man of the l-r Yne a ,time that spams F. Tur, ofNew Bedjfold, in the county oiBiistol,--aind State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Corn-Planter;

and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable the art to make` and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forminga part of this speciiication, in which- Figures 1' and-2 are side elevations, partly in section, of my improved cornplanter. Figure 3 is a rear elevation, partlyin section, of the same.

Figure 4 is a detail rear elevation, partly in section,

4 of the seed-box and its appendages.

Figure -5 is a 4detail horizontal section .of the same, taken on the plane ofthe line x x, fig. 3.

Similar letters of `refe-rence indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates` to a new seed-planter, which is provided with a flexible or jointed spout, so that the marking and' covering-shovels, attached to the lower end of the spout, can be ca sily raised outof the ground whenever obstructions are in their way, or when the machine is not to he put in operation.

lhe invention also consists in the use of a new device for operating the slide in the seed-box, and for throwing the same ont of gear.

Also, in the construction ofthe mechanism for throwing the lower end ofthe spout in or out of gea-r, and in the application oi a spring, for allowing the marker and other shovels, when in gear, to yield to small obstructions that may project from the ground.

A, in the drawing, represents the axle of my improved seed-planter.

0n the ends of this axle are hung the two wheels,l

B B', and from it project the shafts' Cy C.

On the hub of the wheel B is secured a ratchetwheel, c, into the teeth of which -a spring-pawl, b, This spring-pawl is secured to the' side of a cam, D, which turns loose on the axle A, and which, when the .machine moves forward, is carried around with the wheel B by means ofthe pawl, but when the machine backs up, the pawl slips on the ratchet-wheel,

- and 'then thelcam does not turn. As by this cam the slide oflthe seed-box is operated, as will be hereinafter ymore y described, it follows that, when the machine moves iiujward, the said slide is operated, but-not when the machinqis moved backward.y

To the noixt or rear side of the axle A are fastened The same are of suitable construction, shape,.and interior arrangement.

F is the perforated slide, which moves back and forth through the seed-boxes, to carry the required quantity of seed from the hopper tothe spout G, which forms w Y v the downward continuation of the hopper. This slide F is connected, by a pivot, or by a rod, d, (fig. 5,) with the lower end of the vertical arm of an L-shaped lever, H, as in figs. 3 and 4, said ,lever being, at its corner,

pivoted to the side ofthe seed-box, or to some device projecting from the axle.

To the upper horizontal arm c of the leverH is l ened a lever, I, which is, at its rear end, pivoted to a rock-shaft,` J, that has its bearings in projections from the axle or seed-boxes. The front endA of the leverl rests upon the -edge ofthe cam D, as is clearly shown 'in iig. 1.

Thus, as the cam D, which has one or more projecting portions, is revolved by means of the wheel -B,`it causes the front end of the lever I to be alternately raised and lowered, and thus imparts oscillating motion to the said lever. As the levers I and H are connected, the lattenwill also becscillatednnd Willimpart .recipe rocating motion to the slide F, so as to cause the seed to be dropped into the spout. A spring, K, which works either directly on the slide or onthe lever H or I, causes the end of I to fall after it was ral by the cam, so that, by the jointaction of the cnn D and s rin@ K the desired motion is imparted to theslidc.

On' the sha-ft J is mounted a disk or clank, e, which is, by means of a rod, f, connected with a sliding wedge, "L, that tits between the upright arm of the lever H and tl seed-box, or some stationary part of the machine. t

When the sha J is turned, by means of a handle, y, with which it is provided, it draws the wedge back, with its broad portion between the lever H and the box, so as to bring the said lever intoA the position shown in fig. 4; that is, so .as to throw the end of the lever l( o the cam D, and to thereby bring thc slide out of gear. i M represents the lower' part of the dropping spout.

f The same is, by means of a pin, j, pivoted to the upper part, G, so that it can swing backward and forward on the same; The swinging part M carries the markingshovel N 'and the covering-shovels 0 0, as shown.

By means of two cords, h and t', the iront and rear' sides; ofthe swinging spout M are connected with the y disk e, so thatin turning the shaft J one way, the front cord h may be stretched, to bring the spout into work ing position, as in fig. 1, while by turning the shaft J the other way, c'. e'., swinging its handle', g, forward, the rear cord 1i'will be pulled, so as to swing the spout M' back, and its shovels out of the ground, as in iig. 2.

By the arrangement of this swinging spout, the :sp-

parat-ns can be brought out conveyed from place to place without danger of havin g the shovels come into the ground, and without neof gear, to allow it to be cessitating the whole seed-boxes and their appendages to'be swung up.

It will be noticed that the same motion ofthe shaft J `which serves'to elevate the spout M also mieesthe wsv the seeding-d out of gear and lever L oif the com D, and therefre the wholemoyerock-slim ahr ,mentisthrownoutofgearbyone ngotlon oftll'e shafbJ. -folds bask the discharge-spant sim ulm Mwly, sub- On the side of the swinging spout M is arranged a staintially as Isere n shown and de rlbed. J 1 sting piu, l, which fits into a notch formed in the v2.. The y i rl seotionvM 9E' 1b@y jointed spout, in i 'edge of a. bar, l?, which is at the front end, se eombinatiou with the pinl i l al bar l?, a-ud'spring mm1 to a spring, R,s\1spendedzromvthe axle A, While R, all made aol peraftng so tl at the sectim will be its :rear end is, by means of a rod, m, voonneetae'acl with yielding, even if in the wo -k f pas tion, as set tbl-tb, the disk e. The spout is, by means of this pin and 3.Tl1e com D, levers I, H, and spi-m K,vall o pa ba.1, loeked inr postiong'bntil ,tlebar is, by the 'tumating as sei;l ,1, so :is to mcvs tl l secdslide F bask of the :milo J, raised olf the pin; but still, if one of and foi/oh,- the com being coi ne with a revolving mg the shovels should strike against a stone or root, the ratchet-@lee u, by means ot'a pfuvl, b, so tlmt. it will vvspi-ing R will allow the whole spontM and its appendbeout of gear when the machinar moves bri kivzml, as

ages to yield to the ol stade, and to swing bask. speeied. y y

The spout is thus, even when in worldng position, L The wedge L, conne tee wltl a crank or disk on made exible, as set ol the rook-shaft J, substaut all. as i ascribed, and oper- Haiving thus described my'inveutlon, v v v ating so as to tluow the lever I oil the @am l) when What I olaim'as new, :md desire to secure by Letters the machine is tc cease diV ipping seed, asv set ibn-li.

Patent, is I -DANlEL F. TAFT. 1. The rookshafb J ,levers 9,1, and dJsk e, 1noom Witnesses; bination with the coi-ds h i, section M, angular lever H, WM, F, MCNAMABA,

and 50am L, attaohed by a rod to the e, all oper- ALEX pg ROBERTS, miriam described, whereby the partial rotation of lilley Y 

